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Language & Communication
Why There Are 7,000 Languages on Earth and Half Will Be Gone by 2100
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A different language vanishes from our planet every 14 days.
An elder sharing oral traditions.
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Humanity is currently experiencing a linguistic mass extinction event. As elders pass away without teaching their mother tongue to younger generations, unique worldviews disappear forever.
"One language dies every two weeks."
Current estimates suggest that by the end of this century, up to 90 percent of all current languages may be extinct.
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